Jean-Michel Pilc "Follow Me", The Quintet "Jazz at Massey Hall"

JEAN-MICHEL PILC - FOLLOW ME

Year: 2004

1.Follow Me [3:33]5.2 Mb

2.Les Amants Dun Jour [3:27]5 Mb

3.St Louis Blues [3:18]5.1 Mb

4.My Favorite Things [4:31]7.1 Mb

5.If I Should Lose You [3:23]4.8 Mb

6.St James Infirmary [3:44]5.7 Mb

7.Hapiness Seven [2:08]2.8 Mb

8.One for My Baby [4:26]5.8 Mb

9.The Racoon [3:31]5.2 Mb

10.Autumn Leaves [3:12]4.9 Mb

11.Ain't Misbehavin [3:22]4.9 Mb

12.Beaver Dam [3:55]5.8 Mb

13.Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir [2:54]4.3 Mb

14.B Minor Waltz [3:35]5.4 Mb

15.Oleo [1:32]2.5 Mb

16.Les Copains Dabord [4:02]6.1 Mb

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Jean-Michel Pilc "Follow Me" Album Review

A music lover in Pleasantville, NY
I heard a cut from this album on public radio and immediately purchased it. The album is tremendous. Pilc is creative, musical and masterful. A variety of songs is offered and they are all different, interesting, challenging and wonderful. I am now shopping for more Pilc recordings, which also seem to have rave reviews by Amazon listeners.

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THE QUINTET - JAZZ AT MASSEY HALL

Year: 2004

1.Perdido [7:47]11.2 Mb

2.Salt Peanuts [7:44]11.1 Mb

3.All the Things You are-52nd Street Theme [7:55]11.3 Mb

4.Wee (Allens Alley) [6:45]9.6 Mb

5.Hot House [9:16]13.3 Mb

6.A Night in Tunisia [7:39]11 Mb

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The Quintet "Jazz at Massey Hall" Album Review

Such Limitless Potential...
This concert has the makings of something quite magical. Five of the best bebop musicians ever taking to the same stage. Unfortunately, it doesn't live up to it's potential. Apparently Bird, Diz, and Powell were all drunk...with Bird being the worst offender. And Diz kept leaving the stage to go watch a big heavyweight boxing match that was being broadcast. Bird also forgot to bring his sax so he was playing a cheap alto borrowed from a local music store. Bud was on leave from a mental institution and required supervision, so he wasn't exactly at his best to start with. Moreover, Bird and Diz left the stage for more than half the concert leving just a trio performing. Max was impeccables that night, however, playing an amazing set with some powerful solos. Mingus was tight as well, at least as much as could be heard. The sound recording is ok on 3 or 4 tunes and dreadful on the rest.

This recording is sad because it had so much potential. If it was recorded properly and the musicians in shape and wanting to perform at their best this could have been one for the ages. As it is, you get some decent bebop from three drunk guys (one of them being a mental patient), and a fantastic rhythm section recorded by an amateur through a third rate PA system at Massey Hall. So this recording is nice but hardly magical.

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